Marine Science: Associations & Organizations

Studies the life history, stock, size, and ecology of economically important fisheries managers to set annual quotas, or the amount of fish that can be harvested each year

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), scientific and technical organization of more than 1,700 individuals whose mission is to preserve and enhance the nation’s coastal resources and ecosystems along 95,000 miles of shoreline and 3.5 million square miles of coastal ocean.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"

dedicated to protecting Virginia's environment and promoting the health and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth

Conducts interdisciplinary research in coastal ocean and estuarine science, educates students and citizens, and provides advisory service to policy makers, industry, and the public

The American Institute of Biological Sciences is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association dedicated to advancing biological research and education for the welfare of society

The Botanical Society of America encompasses all areas of plant biology, including development, physiology, reproductive biology, evolution, phycology, genetics, mycology, ecology, systematics, molecular biology, and paleobotany.

Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education is the Washington, D.C. based association of US oceanographic research institutions, universities, laboratories, and aquaria

The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is the national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders

The nation’s largest coalition of biomedical researchers, representing 26 scientific societies and over 100,000 researchers from around the world

Dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the public good

nonprofit organization of over 120 members employing more than 10,000 scientists, engineers, and professionals and representing marine and Great Lakes laboratories stretching from Guam to Bermuda and Alaska to Puerto Rico

The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), a research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara

One of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for ocean and earth science research, education, and public service in the world